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Masaichi Nagata

Masaichi Nagata

Producer, also writer and actor · Died October 24, 1985, aged 79 · Kyoto City, Japan

Born
January 21, 1906
Died
October 24, 1985 (aged 79)
From
Kyoto City, Japan
Works as
Producer, also writer and actor
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 160 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 30% in 30 days

What are Masaichi Nagata's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
31%
Bonds
18%
Survival
16%
Self
13%
Power
13%
Society
6%
Ideas
2%
Justice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 26 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 26 · Intense 13

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 13 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 32 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
28
Melancholic
17
Dread
15
Thrilling
9
Warm
8
Other
32

How their films linger

Bittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Masaichi Nagata's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Masaichi Nagata's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

160 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Gamera: Super Monster(1980)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Murderer! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Executive Producer

  • The Possessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Executive Producer

  • Manhunt(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Gamera vs. Jiger(1970)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Blood End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Producer

  • The Falcon Fighters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Executive Producer

  • The Magoichi Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Executive Producer

  • Gateway to Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Executive Producer

  • Devil's Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Producer

  • Broken Swords (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Producer

  • Thousand Cranes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Producer

  • Gamera vs. Guiron(1969)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts(1969)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Blind Beast(1969)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Samaritan Zatoichi(1968)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Great Yokai War(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Producer

  • Zatoichi and the Fugitives(1968)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Time of Reckoning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Executive Producer

  • The Man Without a Map (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Producer

  • The Snow Woman(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Gamera vs. Viras(1968)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Bride from Hades(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Zatoichi Challenged(1967)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Producer

  • Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Producer

  • Zatoichi the Outlaw(1967)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • When the Cookie Crumbles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Executive Producer

  • War of the Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Executive Producer

  • Five Star Private (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Producer

  • Zatoichi's Cane Sword(1967)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Little Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Producer

  • Gammera the Invincible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Executive Producer

  • Wrath of Daimajin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Producer

  • Shiroi Kyotô(1966)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Return of Daimajin(1966)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Front Line Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Producer

  • Daimajin(1966)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Gamera vs. Barugon(1966)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Producer

  • Gamera: The Giant Monster(1965)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Producer

  • Seisaku's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Producer

  • Hoodlum Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Producer

  • Fight, Zatoichi, Fight(1964)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Zatoichi's Flashing Sword(1964)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Asphalt Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Producer

  • A Public Benefactor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Executive Producer

  • Flight from Ashiya(1964)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer

  • Bamboo Doll of Echizen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer

  • Bronze Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer

  • Zatoichi the Fugitive(1963)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer

  • The Red Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer

  • The Third Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Executive Producer

  • When Women Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Producer

  • An Actor's Revenge(1963)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Ninja, A Band of Assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Producer

  • A Woman's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Producer

  • The Great Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Producer

  • Diary of a Mad Old Man(1962)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • A Night to Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Executive Producer

  • The Whale God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Executive Producer

  • The Broken Commandment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Producer

  • Black Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Executive Producer

  • Her Hidden Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Executive Producer

  • The Temple of Wild Geese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Producer

  • Buddha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Executive Producer

  • Okoto and Sasuke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Executive Producer

  • The Radiant Prince (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Refresher Course for Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Executive Producer

  • A Design for Dying (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Executive Producer

  • Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Ten Women in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Last-Ditch Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • A Lustful Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Blind Devotion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Marriageable Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Nocturne of a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • The Ginza Three Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • Her Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • Satan's Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • The Beloved Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • Ashi ni sawatta onna(1960)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Anchin and Kiyohime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Executive Producer

  • The Last Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Executive Producer

  • Patterns of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • The Song Lantern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • Bonchi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • Afraid to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • The Wandering Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Executive Producer

  • A Woman's Testament (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Producer

  • Floating Weeds(1959)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Fires on the Plain(1959)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Aristocrat's Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Producer

  • Various Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Producer

  • The Key(1959)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Woman and the Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Producer

  • Disobedience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • The Snowy Heron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • Musume no boken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • The Ladder of Success (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Executive Producer

  • Conflagration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Executive Producer · Producer

  • A Grain of Wheat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • Love River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • The Loyal 47 Ronin(1958)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Precipice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • The Magnificent Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • Tokyo Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Producer

  • Advance Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer

  • On This Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • The Blue Sky Maiden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • Mangorō Tengu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • Blooms of Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • The Roof of Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer

  • Floating Vessel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • Night Butterflies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer

  • Love of the Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • An Osaka Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • Dancing Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer

  • The Teahouse of the August Moon(1956)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Producer

  • Sound in the Mist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Executive Producer

  • Yonjū-hassai no teikō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • 8:13 PM (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • Tsukigata Hanpeita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Executive Producer

  • Bridge of Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • Undercurrent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • Spark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • Zangiku monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer

  • Street of Shame(1956)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Warning from Space(1956)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Taira Clan Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Producer

  • The Phantom Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Producer

  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Producer

  • Farewell Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Executive Producer

  • A Story from Chikamatsu(1954)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Princess Sen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Producer

  • The Messenger from the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Executive Producer

  • Sansho the Bailiff(1954)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Golden Demon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Producer

  • Gate of Hell(1953)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Ugetsu(1953)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Miss Oyu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Producer

  • The Tale of Genji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Executive Producer

  • Rashomon(1950)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The March of the Restoration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Executive Producer

  • 晴小袖 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Producer

  • Sisters of the Gion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Producer

  • Osaka Elegy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Producer

  • Poppy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Producer

  • The Downfall of Osen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 157 titles from 1935 to 1980.

Biggest box office

Rashomon (1950)

$147K worldwide

Highest rated

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Rashomon (1950)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 157: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing156 of 157: 155 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stOther crew1 of 157: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1930s4 · crew1940s2 · crew1950s57 · crew1960s89 · crew1970s4 · crew1980s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Masaichi Nagata's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · producer

Gamera: Super Monster (1980)

72nd percentile spread · 66% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Midcredits 99th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 52/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Masaichi Nagata's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Masaichi Nagata work with?

People who share at least 2 of Masaichi Nagata's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kazuo Miyagawa shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles